Non-slipping tire.



G. F. G. MQRREL NON-SLIPPING TIE APPLIOATIOH FILED NOV. 20, 1907.

Patemed Mar. 15,1910.-

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'. claimed.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 15, 1910. Application filed November 20, 1997. I

Serial No. 402,990.

or elevations b which are preferably circu- ,Beit known that I, CHARLESFRANK Conwar Mortals, a subject of the Kingiof Great otherwise securedinsert casings c composed Britain, and residing at Stamford I1ll,-Lon- Iof any suitable metal and ro'vided with don, England, have inventedcertain new I plugs or cores (1 of any suitab e non-slipping and usefulImprovements in NonSlipping as material, such Tires, of which thefollowing is a specificafiber, pigskin, and these plugs or'cores projectslightly beyond the surface of the insert casings c.

The insert casings c with their plugs or cores (7 are intended toprevent slipping or skidding, and in practice they will begfound tosuccessfully accomplish this result, and by placiin; said insert.casings in the projections or elevations (1 of the tire, the said tireis strengthened and rendered more duart to which it a'pp'ertains to makeand use as elastic and pneumatic tires for. the wheels of automobilesand similar vehicles; and the object. thereof is to provide an improvedtire or tires of this class having means for prel venting what is knownas skidding in the operation of-the automobile or vehicle, i rable.

and with this and other objects in view the I The outer or bearing treadportion 7: of

This invention relates to what are known invention consists in a tire ofthe class specithe tire. except as herein specified, may be tiedconstructed as hereinafter described and constructed in any desiredmanner, and may be secured to the rim (1 of the tire in any preferredway.

llaviug fully i'lescfibed my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters l'atent is:

pneumatic tire the outer or The invention is fully disclosed in thefollowing specification, of which panying drawing forms av part, inwhich the separate parts of my improvement. are I designated bysuitable. reference characters; in web of the views. and in which Figure1 is :Vtransvcrse section of the rim of a wheel provided with a tiremade accord-" ing to my invention, and Fig. 2 is a face i theaccomcom'posed of two parts. tread part being composed of elasticmaterial and provided at intervals with projections, and insert casingssecured in said projections and provided with core plugs of non-slippingmaterial.

In] testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention l have signedmy name in view of a part; of'said tire.

' n tbeaccompanying drawing 1 shown tit-J7 the rim of a wheel on whichis mounted a pneumatic tire I) comprising, an inner inflatable tube 5and an outer hearing or tread portion 7) of rubber, rubber and canvas orother suitable material. The outer bearing ortread portion 7)? of thetire is provided at intervals on its hearing or tread surface withraised or projecting legs 4th day of November '1907.

CHARLES FRANK CONWAY MORRIS.

lar in form, and in which are cast, molded or leathery twisted andtarred hemp, wood or the like.

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